Amanda Hartnell is Miss Marple's next door neighbor. She is a healthy woman with a no-nonsense attitude. The deep bass voiced old woman loved excitement and got that with Colonel Protheroe's death, the murder of Mrs. Spenlow, and the body of a young woman found at Gossington Hall. She always loved exchanging gossip with her neighbor Miss Wetherby. By the time Gossington Hall was purchased by an actress, Miss Hartnell was still alive, although hanging on to every breath of life.